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I tuppoitft you'vit rend In Hie
tonne or heard oil Urn rsjllo thin
lluulin propaganda Ulo (bout Uis
wv wo Americans run eieciiona
In Tonnrr. II'k lulu. I Ilka
capcclully the Muaeow-peliiird pie
tuic ol tho boeaman sheriff and
hi lalllllv.
Ila alls Hi one tuble dcaltntt out
FILLEU-1N ballots Willi one Imnd
ml dollar bi In Willi Uie uilirr.
Another tuble In held down bv hie
wllo mid Ilia rout ol the laimiy,
II hravllv Icalooiicd with six-
li,,nlrr. 'lltnlr lllb IS 10 Check tile
ballota lo are Uinl no low-down
truth sell ' tlK'lr bullols one way
sad vole Ihein aiiolher.
Oi thrv antch guy trvlnit that,
ll'a UANO mid the sexton has an
other Job dluulhK a note.
The wav It cornea over Uie Mos
cow radio It's luiuilcr than a
erulth.
Hut II ha a a serious aide.
IT COULD MB THAT WAY
HOMKUAY. even title In Iree
America, IF WK trllMIT TOO
MUCH POWF.lt TO IIKMAIN IN
TOO FEW HANDS TOO LONO.
ti' Hoi way In Ilusala now.
It OOT that way becaue In
Russia too much power haa been
permitted lo remaui In loo low
Honda too long.
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Klscnhnwrr CAMPAIGN LEAD
ERS gather III utnvcr lor iua
. level SIKATEUY conferences.
a Don'l let 'cm load you ur with
a lot ol lancy -airaiegv, ie. "
votera are led ui Willi lhal alull.
ah Hl.Hi i itus tfMiir nt flpnlakon
la leader wo can BELIEVE and
TRUST. Wo mm vou re lliav sum
ol man and we have lalth lliat II
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VIVCIFU ficniuwui. V" -
yourself with that kind ol men.
Thai will be good enouiih.
Jual bo on being yourself ana
don't lei anybody duller you up
with a. lot 01 outworn naiiyiwu.
Ike himself, apeaklnlt In Denver.
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to give a much emphaala to Ihe
C0N0KE8HI0NAL RACES aa lo
hla bid lor uio rreaiuenvr.
paste mat in your nai. ,
.... - , n.j..iH.t.l lie
Will APPOINT hla admlnUlraUve
aMilalaula. Iroin membera ol his
rabinel on down. But ilhank the
Lord, thla being America) he can I
appoint tht membera 01 congress
- .i 1.1 vrrrn
You and I and tens ol millions
ot other Americana win nave va
do that lob because under our ay-
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icm nouiiuv y, ...
It we elect Ike. lei1 at the same
time erects oonres.inin
wuilft. wiin.
I suppose you read that thrilling
myaler tale the other dav about
a supposed spy parachuting down
Irom a plane Into Ihe super-secret
llanlord alomlo work ud In the
slate ol Washington.
II seems to have been a dud,
What hnnpened. apparently, waa
thai a piece of building paper
about the site ol a man. was
t aunht u bv a whirlwind and
carried alolt. Since what goes up
muni come down. II came down
and somebody saw It and Jumped
to conclusions.
A lot of our fears, both for the
present and lor the future, arise
out of the untortunate fsot thai so
manv of us see so many thlnits
lhat DON'T HAPPEN and know so
many things lhat "ain't ad."
This Is from 8alein!
"A forgotten 88-year old law
'enacted In IBM) Is bring dusted
ofl for use against an Oregon con
vict accused of knifing a guard
a cmmle of dnvs ago. The old law
provides the death penalty for an
attack on a guoro wun a cieacny
weapon, It Is unusual In that It
doesn't give the Jury a choice
whether or not to Indict the fleam
penalty. The death sentence Is
mandatory.
,Tho guard who waa knifed suf
fered only a minor hnnd cut.
Tf you can ace an Oregon Jury
sentencing a convict to drnth lor
gashing a guard's hand, you can
see things 1 can't see.
I'd sav a law like that Is like a
lot of Ihe old stuff most of us keep
around In our attics. It may have
been alt right In 1804, but It Isn't
any good now. We'd better get rid
pi II lust an most of us would
better get rid of a lot of Uie old
stuff In our attics.
RUTH T. BERRY becomes tht
flnt candidate to fila for city
office, announcing her candi
dacy for re-election at city
treasurer yesterday. Mrs. Ber
ry Is finishing . her second
four-year term as treasurer,
'and probably will not have
anv enoosition en tka bsllnf.
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UN Aircraft,
Infantry In
War Action
SEOUL, Korea 11 The U.S,
Flllh Air Force aald United Na
tions ullols shot down three Com
inunlst Jets and damaged two over
North Korea Frldav as clearing
weather brought renewed Intensity
lo the war.
The U. 8. Eighth ArmV said bay
onet wielding Allied Infantrymen
recaptured Ihe crest ol Old Iialilv
lull In a bloody elghl-hour light
oh the Western Front,
The Russlsn-msde MIO-16 lets
were shot down In the first all-Jet
battle since July 23,
Planes Irom a flight of 33 U.S.
Sabre Jels bsttletl elements of
more limn 00 MIOs for more than
10 minutes near the Korei-Mun-churia
border.
Allied lossea. If any. were not
reported.
In Tokyo. Oen. O. P. Weyland,
commanding general of the U.S
Far Eanl Air Forces, announced
Iho addition of about H aleek K-84
Thunder lei flghler-bombers to UN
nir strength lor action over Korea.
SUMMARY
A monthly Air Force summary
reported lliat Ihe Communists lost
n planes In July, Ihe United Na
tion.. III.
Supported by fighter bombers
and artillery lire. Allied doughboya
stormed Old Ualdy Irom two sides
Thursday nlaht. By dawn Friday
Ihey had lorced an estimated 200
Chinese: Reds down lis mud-caked
slopes and Immediately began
digging In.
Recapture of the strategic out
pout west of Chorwon marked Uie
first Intense ground lighting since
last Saturday, the first of six days
of heavy rain.
The aurnrlse Allied olncer move
ment on Old Baldy came Just 10
daya alter a Chinese oaliauon
seised ihe barren crest. It followed
Ihe Thursday visit to Ihe sector
by Oen. Jsmes Vsn Fleet, U, 8.
Eighth Army commander.
Youth Cleared
In Park Case
William K. Russell, the 18-year-
old robber-kidnaper captured In
Utah yesterday, haa apparently
cleared himself of guilt In the
Crater Lalre murders.
FBI Chief J. B. Poster aald In
Portland today Uiat Kuaaeli "ap
pears" to have been In Sacramento
at Uie tiro UK two General Motors
oillciaia were rouoeo ana aiam in
Crater Lake National Park.
Russell wss questioned about
Uie Crater Lake murders after he
had boasted of being Uie killer.
He was captured In Duchesne,
Utah, yesterday morning alter rob
bing and kidnaping two men.
The Ural of these two victims,
John Lovelace, Sparks, Nov., aald
Russell threatened him by saying:
"I don't want to have lo do to you
what I did to those two men at
Crater Lake."
Lovelace, driving a Sears. Roe
buck truck, picked Russell up Sat
urday aa a hitchhiker at Lake
Tn hoe. Once In Uie truck, Russell
pulled a gun and forced Lovelace
lo drive him to Fernley. Nev. He
robbed Lovelace of Kb and hla
watch.
Two days later. Russell pulled
another hitchhike kidnap and
forced Arnold Schultes. Vernal,
Utah, to drive him to Duchesne,
where Russell was captured yes
terday. Schultes waa also robbed,
Soon after his capture, Russell
waa questioned by FBI men about
his boast of naving killed v. p.
Culhane. Detroit. Mich., and A. M.
Jones, Concord, Calif., at Crater
Lake.
Klamath Man
Faces Old Law
A long-forgotten 1804 law which
provides the death penalty for a
prlsuncr convicted ol assaulting a
guard with a dangerous weapon
may 'bo used to uao.sccule James
Quenlln Anderson, ID, member ol
Uio Kliimuth Indian tribe who
Wednesday slabbed a guard during
a ruckus at the Oregon State
Prison In Salem.
Anderson Is serving a term In
prison for the slaying of a tunch
hand, Jorry Zulkownkl, III 1941. He
was originally sentenced to 10
yours, was paroled twice and had
his parole revoked, and escaped
last year only -to be recaptured
alter an auto accident in Nevada,
Wednesday he allegedly started
a fight alter drinking pruno, an
intoxicating concoction made by
prisoners, and knifed Quard James
Schults who tried to halt the fight.
Herman suuered only a cut hand.
However, Warden Virgil O'Mal
lcy said today he would file a
complaint under the old law.
It la doubtful If Uio law has ever
been used.
OMalleV said he learned of the
law when a, lawyer-convict ho had
assigned to survey all laws per
taining to the penitentiary ran
across It,
The law Is unusual In that It
doesn't give a Jury the choice of
whether to Inflict the death penal
ty. In first degree murder cases,.
Juries have that choltn.
O'Malley said he Is doubtful
whether a Jury would sentence a
convlcl to death for attacking a
guard. Rather than do that, It
might find him not guilty.
. ine warden sum ne ocneves uie
old law Is nno which applies in
the
mining incident, ne aiso indi
catcd he would like to sea what
will happen If It la tested.
There la a strong possibility that
If a charge Is filed against Ander
son under the old law, a grand
Jury would reduce the charge to
assault with a deadly weapon, which
carries a prison sentence.
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Price Five Cents 12 I'agea
Earth Shocks
Still Lash
Bakersfield
BAKFRHFIKI.D, Cnllf (
naker.illeld was still shaking Fri
day. 11 days alter Ihe big earth
quake that took a toll ol 14 lives
In Southern Calllornla.
Thrro were two more tremors
Friday, but only light ones and
nothing to compare with the ori
ginal shock July 21 or some ol
the stronger aftershocks.
The Kern County sheriffs office
reported the two were not strong
enough to cause additional damage
and came about 3:08 a.m. and
O la a.m.
There have been settling shocks
almost dally since Uie original one.
There were two fairly sharp
quakes Thursday that registered
6 1 and 4.76 on the seismographs
al Uie California Inslllule ol Tech
nology. RKHIDKNT.H
Residents have not become blase
about Uie continuing tremors bul
aome aporllng souls are laying beta
on the magnitude of future after
shocks. The Caltech seismograph Is set
up to measure magnitude on the
basis of .1 for Uie emullcsl quake.
The biggest quake ever record
ed under this system was 8.0 al
Asam In the Himalayas in 19S0.
The July 21 tremblor near Tehacha
pi was recorded al 7 4
Damage continued to mount In
the Kern County area. The Kern
General Hospital was further nil
Thursday. Hospital authorities fur
ther estimated damage at & mil
lions. A nine-loot parapet was loos
ened al the county Jail. The city
hall al Shutter was condemned.
The July 21 quake claimed Its
14th victim with the death ol Mrs.
Lydla Cllne. 88, of Long Beach.
She died of a broken left hip
Buffered when she fell during Uie
quake.
RAILROADS
Heavily damaged railroad tun
nels and trackage in Die Tehacha-
El -mountain area-waa Inspected by
i." J. Russell, president of Uie
Southern Pacific railroad and Fred
E. Ourley. president of Uie Santa
Fe railroad.
Ruasell aald It may be three
more weeks before repair work is
completed and service resumed
over Uie Bakersfield to Los Angeles
route.
Ho estimated Uie project ' will
cost SI, 250. 000, barring additional
damage from aftershocks. -
Parents Assail
Doctor Draft
The parents of small patients of
Dr. Don B. Rice. Klamath Falls
pediatrician, are bombarding Si-n.
Wayne Morse In an eflort to enlist
Ihe senator's help In preventing
Dr. Rico from being taken by the
Army.
Dr. Rice, 35, haa been classified
1-A (medical) and Is scheduled to
lake his physical examination In
Portland In a couple of weeks.
A number of persons whose chil
dren are patients of the doctor
learned of his draft status this
week and began a telephone cam
paign to ask oUier parents to wire
Sen. Morse about the situation.
Dr. Rice Is one of the only two
pediatricians In Klamath Falls and
has an exceedingly heavy practice
hero ns well as In adjoining coun
ties an in Northern California, He
was classified 4-F during World
War II becauso of a head Injury
received In an automobile accident,
and got his medical training with
out government expense.
Some ot the persons-conducting
Ihe campaign to keep the doctor
in Klamath Falls draltcd an open
letter lo the public this mornlne.
quoted below:
We have been informed that
Dr. Don B. Rice, well-known pedi
atrician of Klamath Falls, has been
classified priority 1-A (ml In the
armea services. While this Is not
tho first oaso where an excellent
man was called to serve his coun
try, we would like to express the
Injustice of this case.
"Dr. Rice did not serve In World
War II because of a 4-F classlfl-
cation. He obtained his medical
education al his own expense, hns
built up a wide practice In Klamnth
Falls In the three vears he has
been here. Is married and la the
tatner of two small children.
"Manv parents have been con
tacted and they all feci that since
he was not eligible to serve when
he was willing, lhat It. Is not an
Injustice to demand that he be
allowed to remain here where
there are but two pediatricians to
serve a county of 42,000 population
and many more ot Northern
California.
'Sen. Wayne B. Morse Is a mem
ber of the Armed Elervlces Com
mittee, Perhaps If nil Interested
would wire n protest to him we
could retain tills excellent man In
our midst where he has done -a
great deal of good and would like
to continue to servo us. Sen. Morse
has been Informed of Ihe situation,
and n flood of t"legrams might
neip to convince mm.
(Signed)
Mrs, E. P. Lee
. Mrs. J. 8. Fade :
' Mrs. Howard Hartley
Mrs. A. W. Wcatover
Mrt. Dale Alter
KLAMATH
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A GROUP OF LANE COUNTY officials and businesmen were here yesterday to look over the
Klamath Nursing Home and Infirmary institution for possible ideas, to be incorporated in a
similar institution proposed for Lane County. In the picture are (front row) Phil Bartholomew,
Bob Macley, L. G. Raish, Ed Gowen, local county commissioner, and Olaf Hoaglum; (back row)
Ted Brown, Or. Anthony Triolo, Max Dudley, E. L. Surfus, Earl McNutt, A. L Shough and Vic,
Morgan.
Adlai Meets
With Wyatt
SPRINGFIELD, 111. OP) Gov.
Adlal Stevenson may reveal Fri
day Uie significance of his lengthy
conlcrence with Wilson Wyail,
former federal housing expediter.
The Democratic presidential
nominee conferred with Wyalt
throughout Thursday afternoon and
cvonlng with only one major b
terrupoon.-. -. -f
Some political gources have re
ported Wyatt may play an import
ant role In the Democratic national
campaign that Stevenson may be
considering him as a possible suc
cessor to Frank McKlnney, Dem
ocratic National Committee chair
man, Stevenson's office did not Im
mediately comment on Uie reports.
William I. Flanagan, the gover
nor's press secretary, said the
mystery of Uie Slevenson-Wyatt
meetings probably would be cleared
up some time Friday, after the
two meet for an early-morning con
ference. Whitcomb
Files For Post
Wilbur (Rcdl Whitcomb. former
city airport manager, this after
noon filed as a candidate for elec
tion as Klamath Falls police judge.
He was Uie first person to file
for that office, although Frank
Blackmer, who Is serving as police
Judge by appointment. Is circulat
ing petitions to gel his name on
Uie ballot.
Whitcomb left city employment
several months ago and since has
been employed by the Floyd L.
Somcrs Construction. Company - as
a superintendent on Uie Modoc
Point highway Job.
He has lived here 22 years and
attended public schools here. Dur
ing World War II he was an Army
Air Force pilot, and has six years
of military service as well as six
yenrs as airport manager.
Whitcomb is 33, a member of Ihe
Elks, Lions Club and Footprlnters.
In addition to his work with the
construction company he has a
400 acre farm lease In Uie TUlelake
area.
Klamath X-Ray Program
Reaches City Next Week
The Klamath Couhty X-ray proj
ect was moving closer Ui Klamath
Falls as outlying areas were being
taken care of this week, with S04
chest X-rays taken in Malln alone
Wednesday.
Today the two X-ray units one
of them in a county school bus
were in Merrill and Fort Klam
ath. A portion of the financing of the
X-ray survey, which has set a goal
of more than 24,000 tests by Uie
County Survey Sept. 25, Is carried
by Uie Christmas Seal fund under
the direction of the Klamath Coun
ty Tuberculosis and Health Associ
ation. ,.
In the association's annual meet
ing held this week. Executive Sec
retary Helen Majors reported- on
the progress of Uie survey and
the part played by the group In
arranging It.
The Slate Board of Health and
Ihe County Health Unit are all co
operating with the TB and Health
Association In Uie survey. Mrs. Ed
win Petrasek is vice president for
Ihe Southern County area, and
worked with the recent Malln X
rav program.
Mrs. Majors reported the aid pre
sented Ihe survey haa approached
5-'iiuu, and win undoubtedly exceed
IhaU The eradication of tubercu
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Rain Eases
Fire Hazard
Basin forests were generally
rained upon In varying amounts
yesterday, possibly loosening the
ngni lire nazara wnica nas oeen
developing the past few weeks, but
several fires were found burning
never-the-less.
The larger of Several lightning
fires fought by EFPA (Ire sup
presslonlsu was a two acre blaxe
near Swan Lake where It rained
on all aides but rrol on the Are it
self. Other fires were controlled near
Meryl Creek, on Green Mountain,
on the North Fork of the Spangue,
near Pokegama, and near Buck
Lake. A small log burning hotly
near Manhattan Springs was also
quelled.
Other (Ire agencies also reported
smokes springing up from recent
lightning storms, but higher hu
midity and damp weather may
hold off a few sleepers until warm
sunshine causes flare-ups later on.
Crews Study
Klamath River
State Sanitary Authority crews
have Just completed the field work
of a check on the Klamath river
between Klamath Falls and Uie
small dam at Keno.
Fred Burgess and Jim Boyaston,
from Uie SSA, report that Uie sur
vey Is being made to get an over
all picture of Uie general pollution
In the river as part of a long range
program.
'ine survey is maae irom a ooai
by taking samples from various
depths and positions along the big
river. The work will Include find
ings on stream content, tempera
ture of the water and an all-out
phvsical analysis.
The heavv fish kill In the Klam
ath during the 1950 season sparked
Uie survey, say officials, but other
measures such as recreation, pos
sible duck kill, swimming poten
tialities and other factors are In
cluded in Uie survey.
The complete survey will require
some two months of both field and
lab work at the end of which time
a full report will be issued on uie
undings.
losis Is a primary aim of the asso
ciation, which works In education
and public health under the financ
ing of Christmas seal sales. About
74 per cent of Uie funds received
In sales remain here in Uie coun
ty. Mrs. Majors said.
Monday's X-ray schedule In
cludes Car-Ad-Co, where the con
verted bus will operate from 10
a.m. to 6:15 u.m., PDT. The other
mobile unit will be at the Sycan
Store In Ely from 1 to 8 p.m. PET.
Tuesday the bus X-ray will visit
the Klamath Lumber Company on
Shlppington from 10 a.m. to 6:15
p.m., PDT, and the other will be
at Weyerhaeuser Mill from 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m., PDT. East Side Phar
macy, 808 E. Main, will be the
scene of the bus X-rav Wednesday
from 12 noon until 7 p.m.. PDT.
while the other will appear at
Weyerhaeuser Mill from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m., and then continue to
Griggs Food Store In Stewart Len
ox from 3 til 7 p.m.
Thursday'! schedule Includes
East Side Pharmacy, It a.m. til
7 p.m., and Keno postofflce I to
i p.m., ror, . . .
The sohedule for Bonanza, set
for Friday, has been changed to
1 p.m. until 8 p.m., P8T, Instead
as earlier announced.
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Ike Schedules
Strategy Meet
DENVER Wl Gen. Dwizht D.
Eisenhower meets Friday with his
campaign high command to mao
plans lor nis White House bid and
perhaps decide Uie role of a cit
izens' group seeking a, major as
signment. .
In advance ef the closed session,
the Republican presidential nomi
nee was reported to be determined
to give Uie National Citizens for
Elsenhower Committee an import
ant place in Uie campaign organi
zaUon. The Question was. lust how (a do
it without causing friction between
Uie professional politicians the
regular Republican organizations
around the country and Uie self
described amateurs of the citizens
group.
That matter, however, was onlv
one phase of Uie discussions sched
uled to continue over the week
end. Issues, campaign Itinerary
and general strategy also were on
Uie docket. -
Present for sessions are Walter
Williams of Seattle and Mrs. Os
wald B. Lord of New York, co-
chairmen of the Eisenhower Cit
izens Committee.
Williams and Mrs. Lord asked
Eisenhower to give the Citizens
group the lob of rallying to his
support 10 million more voters than
now are enrolled as Republicans.
They said the recruits are need
ed if the general is to win in No
vember.
The committee's leaders also
asked the general to elve4he cit
izens group Independent status, al
though they proposed a working
relationship" with the GOP Nation
al Committee.
'Saucer' Photo
Made Public
WASHINGTON (fl Coast
Guard headquarters Friday made
public a photograph of "unidenti
fied aerial phenomena" taken by
a 21-year-old Coast Guard photo
grapher.
The photo clearly shows four
round objects. Each appears to
have two identical shafts of light
extending across its center and pro
truding at the forward and rear
ends. The lights are m a "V" for
mation.
The Coast Guard said it has no
opinion as to the cause' or source
of the "objects" and was releas
ing the picture only because of the
widespread public interest in aerial
phenomena.
The picture was snapped by
Shell R. Alpert, Salem, Mass., air
station pnotograpner.
The Coast Guard said Alpert
sighted several brilliant white
lights through the air station's
photo lab window at 9:35 a.m.,
July 16.
Alpert watched the lights, which
"seemed to be wavering." for five
or six seconds before attempting
to photograph them. By the time
he had focused his camera, the
lights were "considerably dimmed
down."
Weather
FORECAST Klamath Falls and
vicinity and Northern California!
Showers tonight, fair and warmer
tomorrow. Low tonight 4T, high
tomorrow 82.
High yesterday .............. 82
Low last night . ... ... 54
Precis yesterday .17
FreclD since Oct, 1 .17.28
Same period last year .14.84
.Normal for period ..12.3J
Telephone 8111
No. 2885
Steel Output
Boosted By
Crucible Co.
PITTSBURGH UH Production
of defense vital steel got another
boost Friday aa Crucible Steel Co.
prepared to resume work.
Crucible and the CIO United
8teelworkers signed a temporary
agreement Thursday which will re
sult In Uie company's 14,000 em
ployes returning to their Jobs Im
mediately. The agreement Is similar to the
strike-ending pact which the union
and the nation's six biggest steel
companies agreed upon last week.
It provides an average 21-cent an
nour pay ooost for men now getting
uemiy un nour.
Crucible's contract continues to
provide a union shop whereby aU
new employes must join and re
main members of Uie union. The
steelworkers' contract with the
"Big 8ix" provides a modified un
ion shop which permits new em
ployes to withdraw from the union
between Uie I5tn and 30th day of
employment.
PLANTS
Cruicible has plants In Pitts-
burgh. Midland. Pa.. Harrison.
N. J, and Syracuse. N. Y.
Although the 8teelworters Un
ion reached a strike-ending agree
ment wiui me Dig six " compan
ies It now is negotiating a com
plete contract. Negotiations ses
sions are underway with U. 8.
steel ana other firms. Such things
as management ngms, seniority
and Incentive pay procedure are
being worked out. There was no
report of progress from Thursday's
first meeting with U. S. Steel and
it was indicated the sessions may
be lengthy.
As Uie big steel industry roared
toward full production Uie auto in
dustry's big three producers Gen
eral Motors, Chrysler and Ford
announced plans for stepping up
lagging production.
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Chrysler savs It will reopen Its
foundries next week and hopes to
have 55.000 employes most of Its
personnel back in the factories
the following week.
Ford plans to resume five-day
operations next week at its 15 divi
sion assembly plants across Uie
nation, anecung si.uuo employes.
Morse Plans
Foreign Trip
WASHINGTON HI Sens. Long
(D.-La.) and Morse R.-Ore.) plan
to leave next Tuesday on a 25,000
mile tour of U. S. overseas air
bases. Their goal Is to find ways of
saving Uie taxpayers millions of
dollars on costs of foreign-bases.
"I'm convinced from testimony
taken by congressional committees
that we are spending too much
on some of these bases," Long told
a reporter Thursday.
Long and Morse are members
of a Senate Preparedness subcom
mittee which criticized wastes and
extravagance in the construction
of multi - million dollar airbases in
North Africa and Greenland during
the recent session of congress.
9 O'clock Special
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THIS MORNING the photographer' path erottad that of threa
girls an routa from Boiia to Redmond. The trio It comprised of
(I to rl Fay Pailey, Patty Shaw and Amy Stroabel.
Projects
May Include
Capital Ships
WASHINGTON HI The United
States, reporting progress on atomic-powered
submarines and air
craft, Friday launched a new pro
ject: Development of giant atomic-powered
warships.
The Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC) announced It had asked the
Westlnghouse Electric Company to
develop an atomic engine capable
of propelling "large vessels such
as aircraft carriers."
This Immediately revived specu
lation that atom - powered battle-,
wagons and giant commercial lin
ers Uke the Queen Mary and the '
USS United States could easily
make 100,000 mile cruises at top
speed and without refueling.
Such esUmatea are based on the
fact that a pound of fissionable
uranium or its titanic twin, Pluton
ium, could generate as much
power as 1,500 tons of coal or 200.
000 gallons of fuel OIL
The AEC's announcement came
only a few hours after release of
Its 12th semi-annual report to Con
gress In which the commission re
ported progress on the develop
ment of nuclear-powered aircraft
and on two different types of atom
ic engines for submarines. .
WESTINGHOUSE
The fact that AEC awarded the
contract for the large vessel atom
ic engine project to Westlnghouse
Indicates it believes that at least '
one submarine engine project is
definitely assured of success.
This appears likely because
Westlnghouse is building an atom
ic submarine engine at the AEC's
land-locked site In Arco, Idaho,
which Is scheduled to be Installed
In the navy's projected atomic sub
marine, the USS Nautilus.
Evidently the Navy, too. has no
doubts that the engine wilt work,
because the service has already
laid the keel of the Nautilus.
Meanwhile, another projected '
atomic submarine engine is being
built by General. Electrlo at an
AEC-owned site In West Milton.
N.Y,
The designed power of the en
gines has not been disclosed, but
President Truman gave an idea ef
it when, in speaking at the keel
laying of the Nautilus, he said the
suo would cruise .underwater at
"more than 20 knots" and that "a
few pounds of uranium will give
her ample fuel to travel thousands
of miles at top speed."
25 KNOTS
Unofficial observerg have specu
lated - that atom-powered .. subs '
would be able to achieve 35 knots
and possibly would hound the day
lights out of the fastest son-atom
ships of any navy.
Presumably then, the AEC and
the Navy have their sights set on
atomic-powered surface craft with
speeds far above those of present
craft. i
Atomic-powered ships could not
sail the seas forever Uke the '
storied "Flying Dutchman" be
cause uranium-fueled atomic furn
aces must have their ashes
dumped, somewhat like a coal
furnace at borne. And spent fuel
would have to be replaced.
But, for all practical purposes,
their cruising ranges would be un
limited. ,
Road Planned
Through House
ITHACA, N.Y. im This sign
may soon startle truck drivers bar
reling along near this city in up
state New York:
"Please drive slow children
crossing to bathroom."
The -idea for the sign struck
James Murphy after state survey
ors told him a proposed truck
route would pass either through his
barn or his house.
Murphy is waiting for more in
formation before he erects his sign-
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